A Critical Overview on Reception History of Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff,a conservative"composer of twentieth-century music,has long enjoyed high reputation in the performance market and among the general public,but he has also been se-verely criticized by professional musicians and critics.This paper presents an overview of Rach-maninoff's reception history in four areas(performance market and public reception,academic-critical attitudes,the situation in the Soviet Union,and the current situation in China and world-wide)and provides critical interpretations.Then the author considers the methodological implica-tions of Rachmaninoff's reception history and the related aesthetic issues of composing creativity.
RachmaninoffRussian musicSoviet musicreception historymusic historiogra-phyaesthetics of composing creativity
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